Keep your essential oils in the fridge to prolong the life thereof. The same goes for the cream. Keep the big jar in the fridge and decant little bits for yourself into another, smaller container.
Recipe: Hilda Steyn
Photo: Rina Kleinhans

WHIPPED COCONUT OIL BODY BUTTER
I love that this coconut oil recipe only requires one (yes, one!) ingredient. Anything else is completely optional. It also only takes a few measly minutes, and you’ll have enough whipped body butter to last at least a month or two. In fact, if you get carried away, put some in an attractive jar and it makes a great gift! It feels sinfully luxurious as a moisturizer, and yet an entire jar of it costs very little to make.What you need:
1 cup Coconut oil
1 teaspoon Vitamin E oil (optional)
a Few drops of your favorite essential oils for fragrance (optional)
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HOW TO MAKE FLOVOURED SALTMaking a flavoured salt is as simple as pulsing your choice of dried flavourings together with seas salt in a food processor. You can choose any combination you like, with citrus zest, herbs, spices and even teas all been popular inclusions. The general rule is to add three times the flavouring’s weight in salt, so if you add 25 g lemon zest you’ll need to add 75 g salt.Here are some of our favourite flavour combinations, but you can use anything you like to create a flavoured salt: